Plasma coenzyme Q10 concentrations are not decreased in male patients with coronary atherosclerosis

Free Radical Research

Volumn 30, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 165-172

  Van De Vijver, Lucy P L ^a,b   Weber, Christine ^c   Kardinaal, Alwine F M ^a   Grobbee, Diederick E ^b,d   Princen, Hans M G ^a   Van Poppel, Geert ^a  

^a TNO   (Netherlands)

^b ERASMUS UNIVERSITY ROTTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^c TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

^d UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Antioxidants; Coenzyme Q10; Coronary atherosclerosis; LDL oxidation; Plasma; Ubiquinol

Indexed keywords

LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; UBIDECARENONE; ANTIOXIDANT; DRUG DERIVATIVE; UBIQUINONE;

ADULT; AGED; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY ATHEROSCLEROSIS; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; SMOKING HABIT; BLOOD; CASE CONTROL STUDY; ELECTRON TRANSPORT; METABOLISM; MIDDLE AGED; OXIDATION REDUCTION REACTION; RISK FACTOR;

AGED; ANTIOXIDANTS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHOLESTEROL, LDL; CORONARY ARTERIOSCLEROSIS; ELECTRON TRANSPORT; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; RISK FACTORS; UBIQUINONE;

EID: 0032585851     PISSN: 10715762     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10715769900300181     Document Type: Article

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